On the dimensionality of spacetime
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Publication:4340967
DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/002zbMATH Open0879.53071arXivgr-qc/9702052OpenAlexW2098169780WikidataQ55887204 ScholiaQ55887204MaRDI QIDQ4340967FDOQ4340967
Authors: Max Tegmark 
Publication date: 28 July 1997
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Some superstring theories have more than one effective low-energy limit, corresponding to classical spacetimes with different dimensionalities. We argue that all but the 3+1-dimensional one might correspond to ``dead worlds, devoid of observers, in which case all such ensemble theories would actually predict that we should find ourselves inhabiting a 3+1-dimensional spacetime. With more or less than one time-dimension, the partial differential equations of nature would lack the hyperbolicity property that enables observers to make predictions. In a space with more than three dimensions, there can be no traditional atoms and perhaps no stable structures. A space with less than three dimensions allows no gravitational force and may be too simple and barren to contain observers.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702052
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